By now you’ll be confidently using pronouns, so you’ll be pleased to know that the addition of a single word to them can add a lot of meaning. By adding khăwng in front of our pronouns we can show ownership:

We use the possessive in sentences after the noun:

Just as phûuak rao is often abbreviated to rao, and ród-yon is shortened to ród, Thai speakers will often drop the possessive like this:

Here’s the complete list:

We’ll do more with possessives in the next lesson.